Dispensing vessel



W. H. DAMON.

DISPENSING VESSEL. APPLICATION FILED 050.11, 1919.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, WILLIAM H. DAMON, a cltizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California have invented new and useful Improvements in Dispensing Vessels, of'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to dispensing devices and more particularly toa measuring liquid dispensing can, and has for its object to provide a device whereby the quantity of liquid contained and being dispensed can readily be indicated and by whlch the-discharge of the liquid can be readily controlled, and has further to provide a device of this character that is simple, inexpensive, and substantial. The invention consists of the construction and details, an embodiment of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described and claimed hereln. Figure 1 isle, plan-view of the improved measuring dispensing can.-

Fig. 2 1s a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a vertical central section "on the V of Fig. 1, the handle being in elevation. J

The improved device consists of a vessel or can of suitable proportions and material, in this case being cylindricaland having at its top a ring 3 provided with. a gauze or other screen material 4, and at one side a handle 5'. The lower end of the can 2 is provided with a bottom 6 that is elevated above the lower edge of the vessel or can body providing a space below the bottom part 6 in which there is an elbow 7 that is attached as by a flange 8, or otherwise, to the bottom 6 and coordinate 'to an outlet opening 9. This opening is covered by a,

sleeve closing valve 10 of the flap type having an upwardly extending arm 11. against which reacts an expansion spring 12, the opposite end of which is seated against a contiguous portion of the can body, as shown 4 in Fig. 4.

By thus providing the elevated bottom 6, it is possible to utilize a flexible dispensing tube or spout 13 that can be slipped .onto the horizontal arm of the outlet elbow 7 and in a position of non-use thespout 13 is turned upwardly along the side-\of the can 2 and may be retained temporarily by a hook or Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2'7, 1921.

Application filed December 11, 1919. Serial No. 344,180.

clip 14 provided adjacent the upper end of the can.

From t is it will be seen that the can can be set on 1 s lower base or lower edge without interference of the spout which will pass through an opening 2 provided thereforin the front of the lower end of the can,

and by retaining the spout in the upright position this will overcome the dripping of any oil or other material that may have been just previously dispensed from'the device.

To facilitate the control of the discharge of the contents from the vessel or can it is preferable that means be located exterior ofthe can and also Within convenient reach of the thumb or one of the fin ers of a hand gripping the handle 5, and t is is accompllshed by pivoting a thumb lever 15 at the upper end of the can in a position contiguous to the upper end of the handle 5, this lever having an'arm 16 extendin into the can 2 and having a link 17,, the ower end of which is pivoted at 18 to the flap valve 10, so that by depressin the thumb lever 15 the valve can be opene at will to a desired degree.

A further feature of the invention provides" for observation of the quantity of the material, as oil, in the can 2, or that is dispensed from the can, and measuring or indi- .cating means consisting of a transparent,

longitudinally extending window or gauge 20 mounted 1n arslot 21 provided therefor i and the measurement of the quantity visible through the window may be secured by relative graduation marks 22, in this case formed on the face of the window 20, al-

though it is obvious that these marks may be otherwise located.

From the above. it will be seen that when it is desired to dispense a given quantity of substance from the can the latter can be filled with a measured quantity, or having been charged, a .measu'red'quantity can be run ofl by disconnecting the flexible spout ,13 from its retainer 14 and lowering the point below the discharge valve, and then by pressing the thumb container having a bottom that is elevated with respect to the lower edge of its wall, said elevated bottom being provided with a discharge opening, an L-shaped tubular connection secured to the underside of the bottom and communicating with the opening therein, a flexible tube hziving one end secured to said L-shaped connection, a substantially iL-shaped valve hinged to the top of the bottom, the horizontal member of which L-shaped valve is adapted to normally close the discharge opening in the I memes bottom; a compression spring interposed between the Wall of the container and the up: right member of the L-shaped valve, which spring normally exerts pressure to maintain the valve in closed position, a thumb lever fulcrumed on the upper portion of the container, and a connection from the inner end of said thumb lever to the horizontally disposed portion of said lL-shaped valve.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification.

WILLIAM H. DAMON. 

